Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Quetico Forum :: Sarah-Kash t(r)ip
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dentondoc |
I'm always looking for bottom structure. Well you have that almost due west of this island in the direction of a bluff on the western shore. There are sporatic "high points" dotted in the direction of the bluff from the campsite, but the major structure I detected was in the area of 100 yards from the bluff. Nothing visible on the surface, but the bottom raises to a plateau of sorts that varies from 20 to 12 feet deep (the surrounding area is in the neighborhood of 100 feet deep). It wasn't particularly productive during my stay, but I'd put my money on this location for walleye under less sunny conditions that we had for most days of our stay. BTW You might also try your hand at Largemouth Bass in the small bay where the portages to McIntyre Lake from Sarah are located. (There are smallies in there also.) dd |
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carmike |
Yum Yum, for my money, isn't as bad as many say. If you take the McNiece portage, you have still have a portage from McNiece into Shan Walshe (not a hard portage, but some funky landings) and then one from Shan into Yum Yum (with a funky landing on the Shan side). Again, just my .02, but I think the Yum Yum Portage is faster and easier. |
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flopnfolds |
Route is generally as follows: PP, Isabella, unnamed, Side, Sarah, Tuck River, Kash, McNiece, Shade, South, North Bay, Burke. Any recommendations for route? Specifically the water level for the Isabella Creek, for the unnamed lakes going into Side, I think we are planning to take the southernmost route, which from previous maps somebody called, lakes 1 &3. And we are thinking of taking the McNiece route instead of Yum Yum. Nothing is set in stone so we are happy to take advice. We generally aren't fisherman, aside from fishing for walleye once or twice a year, but I think we do plan to stay on Sarah and Kash and troll for trout. We have not fished for trout before. Recommendations on bait/depth/general location? Thanks all, |
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Banksiana |
Portages from Sarah to Kahsh are not well traveled but were in decent shape in August. |
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dentondoc |
The lakes between Isabella and Side are generally fine. They are mostly "pool" lakes. In fact, I've caught lakers on the nonamer just west of Isabella. I did the southern-most swing out of the nonamer west of Isabella in the spring. This is a way to avoid "Cardiac Hill" on the way into Side, but I'm not sure there is any real advantage to going the "creek route." Same story on the creek ... at least a half-dozen beaver dams to keep the water levels up, but the channel is so narrow, its as much pushing off the channel edge vegetation as paddling (and in the spring, there was still some trail clearing to do on the flatter approach to Side. But, Hey! It's an adventure. dd |